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Visual Studio’s Azure Marketplace images now support Microsoft Dev Box

October 5, 2022 Oct 5, 2022 10/5/22

Ruben Rios

Over the last couple of years, we’ve expanded our Visual Studio VM image offerings for the Azure Marketplace. These images have proven to be popular not only for evaluating the latest Visual Studio releases, but also for jumpstarting developer environments in the cloud. In this post, we'll introduce new images optimized for running Visual ...

Support ends for older versions of Visual Studio

February 10, 2022 Feb 10, 2022 02/10/22

Paul Chapman

We want to keep you secure when using Visual Studio. If you’re using an older version of Visual Studio, we have several reminders about upcoming events in the Visual Studio support lifecycle. What does this mean for you? Visual Studio 2022 is our most productive IDE ever, and we recommend all our customers upgrade to it...

Visual Studio 2019 16.11 Preview 2

June 15, 2021 Jun 15, 2021 06/15/21

Justin Johnson

Visual Studio 2019 16.11 preview 2 is available today! Version 16.11 is focused on enhancing the stability and security of Visual Studio 2019. For features included in this release see the 16.11 Preview 1 blog post or check out the release notes.

Intelligent Visual Studio Search Service

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Anne Gao

In v16.9 Visual Studio release, we introduce the AI-powered Visual Studio Search service, which is integrated into the shortcut Ctrl+Q for intelligent Visual Studio feature searches. This blog post introduces the system architecture in high level details, including the core Azure services that we built and leveraged.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 and v16.10 Preview 1 are Available Today!

March 2, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 03/2/21

Jacqueline Widdis

Our team is eager to release Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 and v16.10 Preview 1. These include new features from our C++, .NET Productivity, XAML tooling, Address Sanitizer, and IntelliCode teams.

[Guest Post] Better refactoring for Unity projects using .NET analyzers

February 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021 02/10/21

John Miller

In this guest post, Visual Studio Tools for Unity intern Shreya Pandit shows how she created custom analyzers for Unity, and how you can get involved with the open source project as well.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 is Available Today

January 20, 2021 Jan 20, 2021 01/20/21

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 3 releases today. Highlights of this release include additional functionality in C++, .NET Productivity, XAML Tools, and Accessibility. Check out the new features today!

[Guest post] Our Head First C# Contest Got Some Truly Creative Entries

December 16, 2020 Dec 16, 2020 12/16/20

Jon Galloway

We just completed our Head First C# book contest! This blog post shows off some of the more creative solutions to the code challenge, and tells you how you can still get the first four chapters of the book for free.

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 2 and New Year Wishes Coming to You!

December 8, 2020 Dec 8, 2020 12/8/20

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 Preview 2! Our C++, .NET, and Xamarin Forms teams have been hard at work to deliver some great new functionality. This includes improvements in IntelliSense, binding properties, and using directives. Check out this latest release to give our features a try.

New Features in Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 3.1

September 22, 2020 Sep 22, 2020 09/22/20

Jacqueline Widdis

Visual Studio 2019 v16.8 Preview 3.1 gives you improvements in Git Integration, C++20 conformance, .NET Productivity, Web Tools, and XAML . Plus, you can sign-up for our new Visual Studio Codespaces.

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